Avid Elixir 5 Lever Travel

Squarepants

Hello all,

used search and found nothing

Just fitted some Elixir 5s front and rear and although I'm very happy with them and they have great power and feel I'm not over the moon by the amount of travel before anything happens (roughly half of overall lever travel)

I've adjusted them to what feel like full extension (on the hex key adjustment 'inside' the lever) but I was hoping I could get them to engage a lot sooner. Is this just an Avid trait or am I missing something?

Cheers all

supersonic

Just the way they are I am afraid - they have no bite point adjust.

Squarepants

brill ss, cheers fella

supersonic

Having the same issues with my Tektro Aurigas - so if you change them, don't get Tektro lol.

Squarepants

I only bought them this week I'll get used to them.. Learning point for next time though.

Mancunianfightingcat

supersonic wrote:

Just the way they are I am afraid - they have no bite point adjust.

Yes they have. Take the wheels out, pump the levers a few times, then push the pads part way back, the levers will then be much firmer and will bite sooner. You might need to experiment with it, but it worked for me.

Mancunianfightingcat

http://www.sram.com/_media/pdf/avid/AVID_BrakeSetUp1.pdf

(Second page, bottom left, advancing the pad position.)

Squarepants

Ah cheers fella, I'll go give it a try

supersonic

They usually auto adjust back though as the pad wears - so might have to keep repeating it. Unless of course they were not correctly advanced to start. In which case letting them bed in will do the same thing.

nicklouse

just let them bed in.

Squarepants

Well adjusted them and greatly reduced the deadband. They feel very positive now. No doubt I'll need to adjust as the pads wear in but all part of the game.

Thanks guys that's exactly what I was after